Can opener



Mar. 6, 1923.A

f /N VEN ro R .BAYARD 6. Wann" New N Patented' Mar. 6, 1923.

uNi'rED BAYARD G. WORTHINGTON, 0F LS ANGOELES, CALIFORNIA.'

CAN 019m Application led June 7,

To all whom t may concern.' Y

Be it known that I, BAYARD G. WORTH- INGTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CanOpeners, of which the .followin is a specification.

y invention relates to a can opener of the character provided withrenewable cutters and which may have various useful tools mounted in orformed in the handle, and the object thereof is to provide a device ofthat character which will be simple andeiiicient in operation andconstruction.

A further object is to provide a tool of the character described whichmay have its cutter adjusted to operate from either direction, right orleft, to accommodate the normal dexterity of the user.

A still further object is to rovide adevice of the above character 1nwhich the wearing parts are adjustable for wear.

Other objects and advantages will 'appear hereinafter, and while l haveshown and will describe the preferred form of my in- Fig. 4 is a centrallongitudinalsectionv ofI Fig.

Fig. 5 is a detail View of the under side of the outer end of my cuttercarrier, and Fig. 6 is a top plan showing the operation of my device incutting the top from a can.

Referring to the drawings, my device comprises a handle 1 preferablyformed of two narrow strips of thin metal 2 and 3 which are held spacedapart a suitable distance by a filler strip 4 of any suitable material,preferably wood. Strip 4 is shorter in length than strips 2 and 3, andthe p rojecting ends of said strips form a yoke -5. Provided in strip 3at its projecting end is a rectangular aperture 6, and in stripA 2 inregister with aperture 6 is a hole 7. Mounted between strips 2 and 3 attheirprojecting ends is a disk providedon its outer periph;-

1920. Serial No. 387,028.

ery with teeth 9 which teeth are adapted vfor engagement with the sideof the can operated upon.

e Disk 8 is provided with a central transverse opening 10 therethrou hwhich is rectangular and in register wlth the opening 6 in stri 3 andnormally rests upon said strip. Mldunted upon disk 8 between the upperface thereof and the under side of strip 2 is my cutter carrier 11 inwhich is provided a hole 12 in register with hole 7 of strip 2. Disk 8and carrier 11 are held positioned between strips 2 and 3 by means ofpintle bolt 13, the lower end of which is square to fit the hole 6 instrip 3 and hole 1() in disk 8, and its upper end is rounded tofit theholes 7 and 12 whereby disk 8 is nonrevolubly held in respect to handle1, and the carrier is rotatable in respect thereto. Carrier 1-1 isprovided with a plurality of holes 14 similar to hole 12 by means ofwhich the center distance between the pintle` bolt 13 and the cutter maybe adjusted to suit various sizes of cans. My cutter comprises a blade15 and a screw-threadedportion 16 at opposite ends and havingintermediate its ends a rectangular portion 17. The screwthreadedyportion is adapted to be passed through an opening 18 in the outer endof carrier 11 to project upwardly and the under side of carrier 11 isprovided with rectangular recesses 19 and 2() adapted to receive lportion 17 ofthe cutter whereby said cutter is held against rotation inrespect to carrier 11 The thumb-nut 21 provides means for detachablysecurin cutter 15 in its-position of use, it being un erstood that. theportion 17 will be positioned within the respective recess 19 or 20according to whether it is to be used left-handed or right-handed, itbeing understood that the device as shown in the drawings is adjustedfor right-hand use.

Formed in stri 4 intermediate its ends is a recess 23 opening outwardlyin which is mounted a corkscrew 24 pivoted at one end so that the samemay be swung outwardly for use, and in the opposite edge of strip 4 is arecess 25 inwhich is pivotally mounted at one"l end an ice pick 26.Formed in the edges'zof strips 2 and 3 at the rear thereof are hooks 27and 28 forming a bottle-opener or cap-removerr ln the use of my deviceas a the device will be Fig. 6, and by moving or swin can-openerpositioned as shown in yI 5 the han! idle l alternately to the right andleft the :'cutter will be caused to move around the top of the`can eachstroke to the left causing the cutter to cut out a portion of the top. 5Having describedv my invention what I claim is:

A can opener comprisin a handle formed of two narrow strips of t inmetal, a filler spacing the two strips apart and forming a yoke, atoothed disc mounted in the yoke, a cutter carrier mounted on top of thedisc in the yoke, a pin inserted through the niembers of the yoke andthrough the cutter carrier and through the disc; a part of the pin 15being squared to hold the disc from rotat- Lee-'mer ing in the yoke anda part being rounded to allow the cutter carrier to rotate, there beinga plurality of holes in the cutter carrierior adjustment in relationtothe pim and there being a cutter hole withright land 20 left recesses,a cutter comprising a blade and a rectangular portion to it in eitherrecess and a screw threaded portion to extend through the hole, and athunb nut upon the screw threaded portion.v

In witness that I cla-im the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed myname this 14th day of May, v1920.

BAYARD G. WORTHINGTON.

